Integrating carbon stocks and landscape connectivity for nature-based climate solutions.

ABSTRACT: Actions to protect against biodiversity loss and climate change will require a framework that addresses synergies between these interrelated issues. In this study, we present methods for identifying areas important for the implementation of nature-based climate solutions and biodiversity conservation by intersecting high-resolution spatial data for carbon storage and landscape connectivity. We explored the spatial congruence of carbon and connectivity in Ontario, Canada and examined effectiveness of current protected areas coverage. We found a weak positive relationship between carbon stocks and landscape connectivity; however, our maps revealed large hotspots, with high values of both indices, throughout the boreal forest and northern peatlands and smaller, isolated hotspots, in the settl

SUBMITTER: O'Brien P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9829451 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature